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Customised Farm Management (CFM) is an Australian-based, independent agricultural consultancy offering managerial services and advice for agricultural land holding investors. Our team of professionals are regionally based, so we understand first-hand the opportunities and challenges facing agricultural investors across regional Australia. CFM aims to operate all assets at a level within the Top 10%, which is a key reason why our investors achieve return level expectations.
With experience in both Portfolio and Farm Management Services, CFM currently manages a variety of irrigated and rain fed properties throughout Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Across our team of qualified professionals, we possess the experience to:
With a core of 18 key rural professionals and agricultural experts along with accounting, real estate, and commodity marketing professionals, led by company directors Andrew Parkes and Andrew Ordish.
Our growing team possess the knowledge and resources to assist you through each stage of managing your agricultural assets. With ‘hands-on’ farming experience, business development and financing, CFM are experts across each aspect of the agriculture supply-chain.
Managing Director
Andrew directs all custom and leased operations and sources potential acquisitions in conjunction with CFM asset managers. Andrew has been involved in agriculture for over 25 years and is recognised in Australian agriculture as an industry leader in the production of irrigated cotton.
He was awarded the Australian National Committee for Irrigation and Drainage (ANCID) National Irrigation Award in 2004 for his achievements in irrigation efficiencies and was also inducted into the Cotton Australia Hall of fame in 2014. Andrew’s leadership provides outstanding managerial and interpersonal skills, motivating all members of staff to produce exceptional results.
Director & General Manager – Farm Operations
Following a career managing corporate farming operations in Australia and overseas Andrew co-founded Customised Farm Management in 2008. Today Andrew Ordish oversees all farming operations across the CFM group managing all day to day operational requirements with end to end accountability.
Andrew’s association with corporate agriculture has allowed him to develop a core understanding of corporate governance issues and requirements.
Southern Area Manager - Permanent Cropping
Richard is the Southern Area Manager based in the Riverina of NSW. Richard’s experiences span over 10 years of broadacre and horticultural expertise as an independent agronomist. His agronomic career expands to the intensive and productive regions of the Darling Downs, North Queensland and the Riverina.
Richard now manages a portfolio of properties with Horticulture, Broadacre and Livestock mixed farming systems in Southern NSW. He has developed a focus in permanent horticultural developments and land use change, specialising in intensive agricultural operations on the aggregations managed.
Southern Area Manager Broadacre
Charles is based in the Riverina region of NSW. In his current role he is
responsible for overseeing operations all broadacre based assets in the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan Valleys managed by Customised Farm Management.
Originally from Central Victoria, he has spent his career in southern NSW since graduating from a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at La Trobe University in 2013. During his agronomy career Charles specialised in cotton production, as well as associated broadcare cereal and pulse crops. Charles has been a member and involved in the Crop Consultants of Australia for since 2013.
Chief Financial Officer
Emily is responsible for overseeing the financial reporting, management accounting, budgeting, and cashflow of each entity and ensures the
appropriate treasury controls are implemented and functioning. Leading
and mentoring the Accounts team based in Moree NSW, she is also responsible
for managing relationships with external accountants and top tier auditors
to ensure the entities are compliant with accounting standards and practices. Emily has utilised the many advancements in technology within our industry
to streamline our processes and best practice methods leading to many
increased efficiencies.
With an agricultural upbringing and over 10 years’ experience across public accounting, financial advisory and business management as a Chartered Accountant, Emily bridges the gaps in the reporting requirements from an operational, accounting, and board perspective.
CFM manage a number of corporate scale agricultural assets across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria & Vanuatu. Focusing on Australia, total farm operations comprise a broad spectrum of cropping activities from irrigated summer crops to winter dryland cereal cropping.
CFM has been at the forefront, developing skilled people in permanent crop developments leading the step change in this industry class with developments encompassing Citrus, Kiwifruit, Almond & Pistachio’s.
Livestock operations remain a major contributor to CFM investor’s profitability and diversity. Grazing operations are conducted over a number of holdings with an approximate grazing area of 55,000 hectares.
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